Film record

The Last Samurai

2003Feature film154 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States · Japan
Languages
English
Genres
adventure film · drama film · historical film · action film · white savior film · war film · ninja film

Credits

Direction

Edward Zwick — Directing

Cast

Q37079 — Acting (Captain Nathan Algren)
Ken Watanabe — Acting (Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto)
Shin Koyamada — Acting (Nobutada Katsumoto)
Tony Goldwyn — Acting (Colonel Bagley)
Masato Harada — Acting (Matsue Omura)
Hiroyuki Sanada — Acting (Ujio)
Timothy Spall — Acting (Simon Graham)
Koyuki — Acting (Taka)
Billy Connolly — Acting (Sergeant Zebulon Gant)
Togo Igawa — Acting
Scott Wilson — Acting
William Atherton — Acting
Sosuke Ikematsu — Acting
Chad Lindberg — Acting
Seizō Fukumoto — Acting (Silent Samurai)
Nakamura Shichinosuke II — Acting (Emperor Meiji)
Shun Sugata — Acting (Nakao)

Writing

John Logan — Screenwriting
Marshall Herskovitz — Screenwriting
Edward Zwick — Screenwriting

Production

Marshall Herskovitz — Production
Paula Wagner — Production
John A. Logan — Production
Edward Zwick — Production
Q37079 — Production

Music

Hans Zimmer — Music composition

Cinematography

John Toll — Cinematography

Editing

Steven Rosenblum — Editing

Costume

Ngila Dickson — Costume design

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
20 Nov 2003Checked 11 Sep 2026
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